Because most publishers now have an Internet presence, direct marketing has moved to the forefront of publishing.
Once, marketing was kept as a side-show to the editorial and advertising departments of most publishers – because copy and advertisement sales pulled in most of the revenue. That old-style publishing model is changing fast …

A good marketer makes business seem simple, but it’s a rare talent. The right way to do business does not often coincide with how a publishing company is run. Intelligent people make mistakes just as thick people do, only bigger because more people believe in them.

There is a lot of affection in publishing for what has always been known as the UK Press Gazette. More than one publisher thought he could buy-it-up-and-turn-it-around. Media magazines, like local newspapers have terminal problems

Now that we are in a recession, whatâ€™s the best strategy for publishers and marketers? Hereâ€™s some subscription marketing advice we gave in the Subscriptions Strategy newsletter back in January 2008:

Everyone likes The Week magazine, especially us. The Week exists on subscription sales. The owner, Dennis Publishing is a marketing-led company which is rare in UK publishing: managers of UK publishers are generally rooted in print and find both subscriptions and Online marketing difficult to embrace.

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